Karl Mahrenholz

Karl has been playing poker since he was 18 and professionally now for 3 years. Over this time he has developed into one of the most well known and respected players on the UK circuit.

He is part of the London-based group of players known as the “Hitsquad” and keeps a popular blog on their exploits at www.pokerhitsquad.com. Between them they have won over $3m in live tournaments alone in their short poker careers.

Karl has played in the world’s biggest tournaments including the $25k WPT championship and the $10k WSOP main event in Las Vegas, the £10k WSOPE main event in London and the €10k EPT Grand final in Monte Carlo. He has also played on the prestigious Late Night Poker and various other televised events. His best results to date include a 2nd placed finish in the inaugural GUKPT main event, and a deep finish in the 2008 WSOPE main event, only just missing the final table after a cruel outdraw to finish in 15th place. He has made a final table of the GUKPT in every season to date and recently took down the main event in Cardiff for £37,800.

Karl has been a sponsored Pro for a major UK site for the last 2 years, and is now excited to be fully on board at TGF Poker. He also has a regular strategy column in Inside Poker magazine, as well as featuring heavily in all other UK poker publications.

Summary of significant results:

16-Oct-2008

England

[GUKPT] £ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - Leg 7, Cardiff

1st

£ 38,700

02-Mar-2008

England

£ 300 Pot Limit Omaha
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - Leg 6, Luton

1st

£ 9,700

3-Jun-2009

United States

$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009,Las Vegas

114th

$ 40,288

19-Feb-2009

England

£ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Broadway Festival,Birmingham

4th

£ 12,936

25-Oct-2008

Ireland

€ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Irish Masters
paddypowerpoker.com Irish Winter Festival,Dublin

32nd

€ 2,540

16-Oct-2008

England

[GUKPT] £ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - Leg 8, Thanet

8th

£ 6,780

27-Jun-2008

United States

$ 950 Pot Limit Omaha
2nd Annual Binion's Poker Classic, Las Vegas

2nd

$ 22,420

12-Apr-2008

England

£ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
G Casino Springfest,Luton

1st

£ 16,200

02-Mar-2008

England

£ 500 Pot Limit Omaha
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour - Leg 3, London

1st

£ 12,750

Jan-2008

International

$ 300 Pot Limit Omaha
2008 Ladbrokes Poker Cruise., Caribbean

2nd

$ 12,680

10-Sep-2007

England

£ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
World Series Of Poker - Europe, London

15th

£ 38,010

25-Aug-2007

England

£ 500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
2007 Gutshot Series of Poker, London

3rd

£ 10,000

26-Jun-2007

United States

$ 1,000 Nightly No Limit Hold'em
Bellagio Cup III,Las Vegas

3rd

$ 22,480

23-Jun-2007

United States

$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007,Las Vegas

25th

$ 21,993

13-Jun-2007

United States

$ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em
Bellagio Cup III,Las Vegas

3rd

$ 40,000

10-Jun-2007

United States

$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
2007 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza II,Las Vegas

7th

$ 10,625

13-Feb-2007

England

£ 500 No Limit Hold'em
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour,Walsall

2nd

£ 10,710

12-Jan-2007

England

[GUKPT] £ 1,000 GPT Leg 1 - No Limit Hold'em
Grosvenor UK Poker Tour,Bolton

2nd

£ 35,500

12-Dec-2006

United States

$ 1,500 Super Satellite - No Limit Hold'em
Fifth Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic,Las Vegas

1st

$ 15,600

30-Sep-2006

England

£ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Poker Meltdown Festival,London

2nd

£ 10,000

16-Apr-2006

England

£ 1,000 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em
Sussex Masters 2006,Brighton

3rd

£ 7,000